My Buddy Took Me Turkey Hunting, Then Shot My Bird Out from Under Me

My Buddy Took Me Turkey Hunting, Then Shot My Bird Out from Under Me

This story, “Tax-Time Turkey,” appeared in the March 1973 issue of Outdoor Life. Getting kicked by a horse is sure a damned painful way to put a turkey hunt into gear, but it’s worth it, I thought as I hefted the bedraggled 18½-pound gobbler with both hands to keep from losing my grip on a pair of legs that were slippery with swamp mud and slime. The hunt had just come to an end, right after first light on a morning when I should have been strug…